<p>Question: I do not have my interviewer’s email and don’t remember her name which she told me once on the phone. But I really want to at least send a thank you note. What should I do?
Say “how may I adress you?” on the phone when she calls later?
or just not worry about it and ask for her business card after the interview?
can I ask her to spell her name on the phone or is that just rude?</p>
<p><so this=“” is=“” the=“” pre-interview=“” syndrome=“”> :(</so></p>
<p>Hi, I have a question that hasn’t been asked yet (surprisingly, and I have read all 47 pages of this thread)</p>
<p>I told my dad about my interviewer as soon as I found out who she was, and it turns out that my dad knows my interviewer because they work in the same field.My interview has been scheduled already, and I don’t know how to deal with this. Obviously it won’t be the first thing that comes out of my mouth, but I’m thinking of seeing if there’s an opening midway through the conversation and casually slipping that they know each other, hopefully in such a way that it won’t seem like I’m trying to curry favour. I mean, I am truly interested in their field of study, even though I’m not planning on pursuing it in college, and it could be a great opportunity to bring the conversation to a different track.</p>
<p>Would this be a good idea? For the interviewers, how would you react if you found out midway through the interview that you knew your interviewee’s parents?</p>
<p>I’m applying RD and I submitted my app about three weeks ago. I know it’s still early, but I have not been contacted yet for an interview. I’m really paranoid that I won’t receive the email/phone asking me if I want an interview. Is there any way that I can check to see if I have been offered one? What I mean is, if I still haven’t been contacted in another month or so is there any way I can check to make sure that they were not able to offer me an interview and not that I missed them contacting me. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your help :)</p>
<p>Hi, I was never contacted for an interview for SCEA and was wondering if it’s still possible to be offered an interview during the RD round. Would it be helpful for me to contact someone, like my regional rep?</p>
<p>I’m sorry if this has already been answered earlier in the thread; I skimmed most of it and didn’t think I saw anything.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>queen: if one is available, no one will have missed contacting you. They have your email addy and telephone no. It’s very likely that you may not be contacted at all. Just depends on the # of volunteer alumni in your area.</p>
<p>Dreamxbig: it’s still possible to be interviewed. Two years ago, I did a “leftover” SCEA applicant who had not been interviewed before, got deferred, and sent over to me in March. But then again, like my advice to Queen, you may never get contacted.</p>
<p>Either way, don’t stress about this. It’s the smallest part of your evaluation.</p>
<p>T26E4: I got deferred SCEA and did not get an interview. I had planned on visiting the Northeast, including Yale, in the first week of January. Would it be best to try for an on-campus interview, or should I wait to be contacted by an alumni from home (Texas)? Or does it even really matter?</p>
<p>Since you’re there, it might be good to see if you can have an interview. Let them know you’re a deferred SCEA applicant and it seems no alumni interview is in the offing. They’ll squeeze you in if possible. Good luck. </p>
<p>Enjoy your trip – remember: talk to the avg students. That’s where you’ll get the real skinny. However, classes won’t be in session at that time…</p>
<p>I want to help all RD applicants waiting anxiously for interviews by saying this: I did not get an interview, but Yale accepted me. So if you don’t, don’t feel that it reflects anything negative about your app!</p>
<p>fgsds–You might want to check on the Yale admissions website to see if on campus interviews are offered in January. I seem to remember that they end in November.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone. I got the week wrong - I’m visiting sometime between the 14th and the 17th. I think classes are in session then.</p>
<p>AdmissionsAddict, you’re right:</p>
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<p>Oh well. One less thing I have to stress about on the trip, I guess. I can still get called for an alumni interview, though, right?</p>
<p>was just called for an interview. my interviewer asked me to choose a location. would panera bread be good for a 3 o clock interview? my local starbucks are sort of small.</p>
<p>when i reply with a location in my email, should i ask about if s/he’d like me to prepare anything or just leave that for them to say if they so wish? also, how should i ask about how i’ll be able to recognize them and vice versa?</p>
<p>I just received a phone call from a lawyer’s secretary in a city 250 miles away asking me to set up a time to do a phone interview with the lawyer. Does anyone have any specific tips for a phone interview? I’ve done face to face interviews that have gone pretty well, but I don’t know if there’s anything I should do differently for a phone interview.</p>
<p>Model–A Panera is fine. If the interviewer wants something, she’ll tell you, but it’s not like it’s bad form to ask. You can say what you look like and ask her how you’ll recognize her. Don’t overthink this stuff–just be a normal person.</p>
<p>oceanix–No clue about phone interviews. Never done one for Yale. Sorry.</p>
<p>AA, what are the advantages of on-campus interviews? By chance I’m going to be in New Haven in around two weeks, so I was thinking of requesting an admissions interview while I was there. I don’t live in Connecticut, so this would be my only chance for an on-campus interview. I’m thinking that an interview with an admissions officer would be more scrutinized, but also bear more weight. Is this true? If so then which type of interview would you advise?</p>
<p>The on-campus interviewing season ends in November.</p>
<p>i’m FREAKING OUT on the inside while attempting to keep chill!!! i hope my interviewer will be a cool person who will spend a lot of time telling me yale stories D:</p>
<p>Model, that’s exactly how I felt! I was so nervous when I walked in, but my interviewer was so kind and laid-back that I relaxed immediately. He seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say and told me a bunch of stories about his time at Yale. I hope you have the same experience c:</p>
<p>Hi-I read early on about a student whose interviewer called and spoke to them in Spanish.
Does this indicate that an interviewer has URM information?</p>
<p>We have the student’s name, HS, contact info and any proposed major, if indicated. That’s all. Perhaps the student’s last name indicated Latino heritage. Frankly URM status isn’t very relevant for us as interviewers</p>
<p>That’s okay. That was the only reference to the possibility and it stuck out, to me at least.</p>
<p>My best friend is Latina, but on her mom’s side so the name doesn’t indicate heritage.</p>